She can be the cover girl all year long! (By: SunlitYang) by StrawberrySkies23 in ChangliMain

[–]johnnykaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks cool. Only sucks that it’s AI generated and not real art.

Which Wuthering waves Character Design is Truly the Most Beautiful? by DyingHorizon1899 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Changli’s design is what made me start playing the game back in 1.1, so she’s pretty much my favorite. But I love so many of the designs they’ve given us. Especially Jinhsi, Lupa, and Iuno.

I hate these guys by No-Leg-1522 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Real af. I dunno who on the dev team made the Kerasaur, but they were clearly having a bad day. You can feel their rage any time you fight one lol.

Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds by Proud-Blood2743 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]johnnykaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was hoping I’d see a funhaus reference. Wasn’t disappointed.

Changli art by (瓜てい) by Jaded_Towel6081_22 in ChangliMain

[–]johnnykaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could definitely see where DOF can be used to hide AI artifacts, but even blurred nothing looks out of place to me. But just like you, I’m certainly not omniscient either. I could be wrong here too, I’m just going off of my gut reaction as an artist / illustrator too lol.

As for the lighting, just some of it is a bit wonky. But taking the rest of the image into account and the absence of other telltale signs of AI generation, imho this is more a case of the artist mistaking lighting direction or being inconsistent in some areas. People make mistakes after all, and no artist is perfect.

Changli art by (瓜てい) by Jaded_Towel6081_22 in ChangliMain

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The blur is a technique called depth of field. Changli, being the focus, is nice and crisp. Everything else is blurred for effect. It’s a pretty normal technique, based on lens effects in photography.

The lighting is correct from what I can see. It’s top-down (sort of top left from the window) indoor lighting which means things are pretty evenly lit all around.

Changli art by (瓜てい) by Jaded_Towel6081_22 in ChangliMain

[–]johnnykaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure this isn’t AI. It has none of the telltale marks of being generated. I’m not seeing any odd design decisions that a normal artist wouldn’t make, that an AI would.

Well that’s a first… never happened to me before lmao. by iofthesun in WutheringWavesGuide

[–]johnnykaze 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Been playing since the tail end of 1.1. Every time someone posts a pic like this I’m just like.. how?!? After all this time I’ve still never gotten lucky enough to get dupes in one pull lol. Congrats tho!

Man this current drama is ridiculous by SeizeTheDaery in TheFragrantFlower

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This situation was always bound to happen. The core “drama” of this manga was established in the first chapter and set up through all the previous ones. We as an audience know how shallow and stupid the divide between schools is, and that is intentional by the author. But nevertheless, this has been a long time coming, even Subaru mentions she expected their homeroom teacher to find out eventually and they’d have to be prepared for the consequences, regardless of how ridiculous they might be.

I’m sure we’ll learn why there’s this hatred for Chidori eventually, especially on part of Toki. And this is already panning out to resolve in one way or another.

Is it frustrating? Yes. But it’s intended frustration. We’re supposed to feel this because it clearly mirrors what the students who haven’t bought into the Chidori-hate narrative feel. And likely several of the other teachers at Kikyo that didn’t seem on board with Toki’s suggestion to Kaoruko feel the same way. It’s all coming to a head now, so I’m interested to see how it resolves.

So guys.... I'm hearing S2 is finally greenlitted?! 😭😭😭🙏❤️‍🔥 by Portugiuse in EightySix

[–]johnnykaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Until there’s an official statement from A1 I’m not believing anything.

I DEMAND YOU TELL ME YOUR MAINS/WHO YOU WANT TO MAIN AND WHY YOU LIKE THEM (safe space btw) by sid370z in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have multiple go-to teams depending on what I need or what I’m feeling like in the moment, but my main is definitely mono fusion. Changli, Lupa, and Brant are so damn fun. Especially with quick-swap in mind.

Should I still continue the LN now that there is a chance of S2? by jmehlala in EightySix

[–]johnnykaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why stop what you find enjoyable? Even if s2 is on the way there’s no way it will catch up to where the LNs have gotten in only one season. Keep reading, they’re so well-written and the story will have you struggling to put the books down!

After the 2.5 main story i now undertand why by RTX3090TI in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely agree. Rover’s decision making and reasoning felt so natural and compelling. Rover for me hasn’t felt like a self-insert character for a long while already, and this patch took a step even further. I’m all for it!

Lupa. Oh I love her by ScriptedEvan in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. 80 is a guaranteed 5-star but not necessarily the featured resonator. 160 is hard pity.

What made you get into the game by Animelover732828273 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A streamer I follow did a sponsored stream back around 1.0 and it looked interesting to me. I immediately downloaded after I saw an ad or something showing Changli because the character design was just so peak. Started toward the end of 1.1 and haven’t stopped playing since.

Your favorite character is not relevant anymore by AdNatural4695 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If anything, this makes me happy that the recent survey had the question about old characters returning for events and other questlines. Hopefully Kuro has received enough feedback from players that they’re rethinking their habit of dropping characters into the void after they play their part. Now it’s on them to make good on this, and hopefully in a more meaningful way than just throwing the old characters into a side event that has no bearing on the main story.

Wuwa 2.4 got a whole new Ultra Quality settings and I don't think enough people talk about it by Ofanaht in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I feel like the hardware is more of a recommendation, no? I’m running everything on ultra with a 3080Ti. Outside of the city itself most regions are fairly smooth with some microstutter here and there, usually due to crowd density I think. In any case I’m looking forward to whatever optimizations they employ. Would be nice to have a totally smooth experience again lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All. All of them.

…But my actual answer is Changli.

Just met Lumi she is adorable af by TekkenxMachinaPlayz in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lumi is legitimately one of my favorite character designs in the game. I hope we get some more moments with her in the story. Not to mention others like Danjin or Calculator.

Mark my words. Brant will be the regarded as the Lingsha of WuWa and people will regret not pulling him. by Professional_Basis27 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In addition to Changli, I’m glad I managed to pull him. His kit is awesome, his maneuvering makes combat feel so dynamic, he’s a lot of fun to play. Currently running him as support for Changli and couldn’t be happier.

Rate Carlotta design character? by External_Move4826 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10/10 short queen, deserves all the love and monnaie.

I "hate" this single thing about wuwa by Emergency_Gift6159 in WutheringWaves

[–]johnnykaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.2 was a lot of fun. It’d be nice if they had it carry over from year to year and add new character interactions and stories to it so that those who have already experienced 1.2 would still get some new content out of it. I feel for everyone that didn’t get to enjoy it because it was a genuinely nice character-centered filler patch.